Alvina Lai Honours American History OL V1 Ms. Alison Jones March 31st‚ 2015 Slavery in the United States The United States has had a horrible and shameful history of slavery‚ and although many movements had been made to abolish the worst of it‚ so many deaths and torture had been caused in the time that it took for blacks to get the same rights as whites. Even now‚ we can see the horror that it wrought on the country. Black people are still being killed in their own homes‚ they are still being
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What Happened at Coca-cola Advantage of Diversify Organization In a multicultural nation such as the United States‚ one would assume that the concept of diversity would have a clear definition; but the definition of diversity differs from person to person‚ from organization to organization‚ and from author to author. In some organizations‚ diversity is strictly focused upon race‚ gender‚ religion‚ and disability status; in other organizations‚ the concept of diversity is extended
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What really happened at the Alamo? The Alamo in San Antonio‚ Texas‚ was originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero. It was one of five Spanish missions established by Franciscans in he late 1700s and was the first set along the San Antonio River. People in the unit started calling the post "The Alamo" after the name of their home‚ Alamo de Parras‚ Coahuila in 1744. "Alamo" is also a Spanish word for cottonwood. The Alamo in Texas became a place where a battle took place. This is known
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What Causes People to Immigrate to the United States? The Unitied States is a melting pot of immigrants. Many people leave their hometown to persue the better life in America. Whatever the reasons‚ they immigrate to America because they see a possibility of achieving a goal. Some immigrants consider having different education for their children‚ some wants to have the high standard of living and the other people go to search for the opportunities that build from economic advancement. For those people
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He made the decision to use the atom bomb to end the war in order to prevent a much greater loss of life. Had the United States invaded the Japanese mainland a lot more lives would have been loss. In my opinion it was a double ended sword. It was either the Japanese or the Americans‚ and so he made that decision‚ which I think was right because we hadn’t started it. We
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different races or cultures) in a group or organization. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) The United States gotten increasingly diverse over the past 50 years. In 1965 the American population was 84% white‚ and only 3% of congress was made up people of color. Today the American population is 62% white‚ and 17% of congress is made up of people of color. Although there is still a long way to go before the United States embraces all of it’s people‚ this is a drastic improvement. But racial diversity isn’t
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The modern history of United States started after the civil war in the age of reconstruction. That is when the United States decided to change how it worked as a nation. During reconstruction United States took many steps to reunite the nation that has helped for future generations. The reunification started with President Lincoln who was a radical republican who was the major key component of abolishing slavery. He was also the first president to start the reconstruction process of America. After
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To What Extent is the United States an Imperial Power? After the Spanish-American War‚ the United States is ok with imperialism‚ therefore increasing the extent that the United States is an imperial power. The depression in the 1890s caused people to think we needed to imperialize because industrial production demanded more resources. Foreign trade was more important as well‚ so the U.S. thought it would be beneficial to acquire new colonies and expand further. Teddy Roosevelt had a vision of
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The United States Government has 27 expressed powers. Almost all of the expressed powers of Congress are found in Article 1‚ section 8 of the Constitution. Expressed powers are those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out in the Constitution‚ they are also called the "enumerated powers"(McClenaghan). Three powers that stick out from the rest of the 27 are the commerce power‚ the borrowing power‚ and the power to declare war. Commerce is defined as the buying and selling
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Federation and The United Kingdom are among the most powerful countries in the world we live in today. Both countries occupy spots in the top ten of the World GDP Rankings and also in the GDP rankings based on purchasing power parity. Their respective ranks on these lists prove the power of the countries through their massive spending‚ exports and consumption in international markets. Russia and the UK are both super powers however they run their countries in very different ways. The United Kingdom is a
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